Apparatus for forming hollow glassware.



H. Mommas & 12g. CONWAY. APPARATUS FOR FORMING HOLLOW GLASSWABB.

I APPLICATION IILBD SEPLB, 1808. Patented June 27,

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APPLICATION F1LED SEPT.8, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPTA], 1908. Patented June 27,

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WITNESSES H. A. RICHARDS & T. J. CONWAY. APPARATUS FOR FORMING HOLLOW GLASSWAREA APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1908.

996,365. I Patented June 27, 1911.

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To all whom it concern.-

Be it known that we, HARVEY A. RIGH- anus, of Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, and THOMAS J. CON- WAY, of .Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Forming Hollow Glassware, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speclfication.

This invention relates to apparatus for forming hollow glassware by a combined oporation of pressmg and blowing, the article being wholly formed in the same general mold; and it consists in apparatus having a mold carrier capable of being rotated in a vertical plane, and by means of which they shown in dotted lines; Fig. 4 is a frag mentary sectional view illustrating mechanism for rotating the mold support; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken transversely of the mold support, and showing the mecha'nisnrfonswinging the neck'plunger and mold bottom into operative position; Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating the cam mechanism, also means for opening the mold at the discharging station; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the mold shown in open osition; Fig. 8

v is a vertical sectional view of'the mold; Fig.

9 is a transverse sectional view of the same; Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 are detailed views showing means for holding the neck plunger carried by the molds in operative position while the mold is caused to be shifted from.

the gathering station to the pressing station; and Fig. 14: IS a fragmentary sectional view I illustrating the pressing plunger.

In describing our invention the reference numeral indicates the base upon which the mechanism I is mounted. Extending up- Specification of Letters Patent. Application illed September 8, 1908. Serial No. 451,956.

APPARATUS FOR FORMING HOLLOW ,GLASSWARE.

Patented June at, 1911.

wardly from the base 2 are the substantially shaped members 3. Secured at the apex of the members 3 are the bearings 4 in which is mounted the horizontal shaft 5. Keyed to the shaft 5 is the rotary mold carrier 6 provided with the radial arms carrying the molds 8. Mounted in the bearings 9 is the horizontal operating shaft 10 provided with the pulley 11 which may be connected with any suitable source of power. Secured to the cross-beam 12of the base 2 is the upright post 13, the top'of which is provided with a fixed head let having a laterally projecting portion 15 in which is mounted the pressing plunger 16, and the depending arm 17 to which is pivotally connected the blowhead 18 which may be of any ordinary construction. The pressing plunger 16 is operatively connected by means of the forked arm 19 to a vertically movable head 20 which loosely surrounds the vertical post 13. The blow-head 18 is also operatively connected to the head 20 through the intermediary of the slotted. link 21 which is pivotally connected at 22 to the laterally extending arm 23 carried by the movablehead 20. Vertical reciprocating movement is imparted to the head 20 through the medium of the pitman 24 which is pivoted at 25.to the head 20, and at 26. to the cam-operated lever 27. This cam-lever 27 is pivotally connected at 28 to the frame of the machine and is provided with a roller 29 which is adapted to travel in the irregular shaped cam-slot 30 of the disk 31 keyed to the horizontal operating shaft 10.

Intermittent rotatory movementis impart ed to the mold-support 6 by means of the 0s cillating actuating arm 32 carrying the spring-dog 33 which is adapted to engage with the notches 3% formed on the periphery of the circular disk carried by the shaft 5. The spring-dog 33 is provided with an inclined face 36, and the notches 34 with a similarly inclined face 37, the purpose of which is to permit the spring-dog 32 to ride out of the notch 3i on the return stroke of the oscillating arm 32 after having moved to rotate the I disk 35 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. at. The arm 32 is connected by means of the link 38 to the lever-arm 39 which is pivotally mounted on thebearing 40. This lever 39 is provided with-the cam roller 41 adapted to travel in the cam-slot 42, the off-set 43 of the said cam-slot serv- 110 ing to rock the lever-arm 39 transmitting a similar motion to the arm 32 through the medium of the link 38. The numeral 44 indicates the locking bolt adapted to intermittently hold the rotatory mold-supportin a stationary position. This bolt 44 is slidingly mounted in the fixed arm 45 and is held normally in engagement with a notch 34 by means of the coiled spring 46. In-

- to the frame of the machine. The trip arm 48-is provided with the cam roll 49 which when struck by the cam projection 50, causes the triparm 48 to be momentarily depressed, throwing the locking bolt 44 out of engagement with the notch 34 simultaneously with the engagement of the spring dog 33 carried by the oscillating arm 32, with a similar diametrically oppositely disposed notch 34.

I The molds 8 which are preferably four-in number are of the vertically divided type made in two sections 51 and 52 which are hinged together by means of thepintle 53 and locked by means of the bolt 54 which has the laterally extending handle 55. Each mold is journaled on the arm 7 of the support 6 by means of the trunnion 56 carried by the mold section 51. Secured to the end ofthe trunnion 56 is the crank 57 which is pivotally connected to the link 58 provided with the roller 59 adapted totravel in the radial guide-slot 60 formed in the rear face of the support 6, and a roller 61 which is adapted to travel in the substantially elliptically shaped cam-slot 62 formed in the face of the fixed disk 63. The purpose of this cam-slot 62 is to impart a reciprocating or' radialmovement to the links 58 which in turn cause a shifting of the cranks 57 in such a manner as to maintain the molds in a substantially vertical position when being elevated from the gathering station A to the pressing station B and when being lowered from the blowing station 0 to the discharging stationD, also to effect a turning or inverting of the molds in their passage from the discharging station to the gathering station and a reverse movement thereto in their passage from the pressing stat-ion to the blowing station. The reference numeral 64 represents the mold bottom which is rigidly secured to the hinge pintle 53. This pintle 53 is provided with the central bore 65 and mounted therein and splined to the pintle 53 is the vertically movable post 66. Secured to the vertical post 66 is the head 67 carrying the neck plunger 68 and presser plate 69. Intel-posed between the head 67 and the-top face of the hinge pintle is the coiled spring 70. Formed on the head 67 ceases ed to the said shaft 73 by means of the pin-;

ion 76 carriedon the lower end of said shaft and which engages with the segmental rack. 77 carried by the double armed lever 78.-

This lever 78 is operatively connected to the slide .member 79 to which a reciprocating movementis imparted by means of the cam 80. The purpose of the oscillating shaft 73 is to impart a rotatory movement by means of the segmental gears 71 and 74 to the vertical post 66 carried by the moldwhen the said mold has been brought to station A. This rotatory movement imparted to the post 66 causes a lateral shifting of the head 67 carrying the neck plunger 68 and spring plate-69 into operative position with relation to the cavity of the mold as shown in Fig. 9). The mold bottom 64 is secured to the pintle 53 at an angle to the head 67, consequently when the head 67 is shifted into position under the mold, the bottom 64 will be caused to be swung outward laterally fromthe mold causing the uncovering of the mold cavity which, with the mold in this inverted posit-ion provides a large mouth the full width of thearticle to be formed below the neck portion, and which enables the gat-herer to easilyintroduce and accurately measure the 1 After the mold has been brought to station B and the article pressed a reverse movement of the vertical shaft 73 'to that which caused the shifting of the head at station A causes the head 67 through the medium of the segments 75 and 71 to be swung to one side, horizontally shifting the bottom 64 into position directly over the mold preparatory to the blowing operation at station C.

Loosely carried by the vertical post 16 is the sleeve member 81 provided with the laterally extending arms 82 and 83. This sleeve 81 is provided with an annular recess 84 into which are fitted the rollers 85 car-.

ass before cutting it off.

mental gear 92 is adapted to mesh with the rack 93 carried by the reciprocating slide 79. The reciprocating slide 79 operatively connected in the above manner to the segmental gear 92 serves to impart throu h the medium of the slotted post 91 an oscillating movement to the sleeve 81.

The arms 82 and 83 carried by the sleeve member 81 are adapted to operatethe neck plunger 68 in the following manner: When the molds are brou ht to stations A and B the oscillation of t e sleeve 81 causes the arms 82 and 83 to beswung intermittently into position directly underneath the vertical post 64 carried by the said molds.

7 With the arms 82 and 83 in the position stated a vertical upward movement is imparted to the sleeve 81 by means of the camoperated lever 87 causing the arm 82 to engage with the lower end of the post 66 of the mold at station A, forcing the said post 66 and the head 67 upwardly against the pressure of the coil spring 70 until the presser plate 69 with the neck plunger 68 partially projecting therethrough has been seated within the counter-sunk cavity 69 formed in the top face of the mold (as shown in Fig. 1 and by the dotted lines in Fig. 9). The presser plate 69 is held in engagementwith the recess 69 as the mold is being elevated from station A to station B, by means of the spring latch 94, shown in Fig. 12. This latch is pivoted in the recess 95 formed in the upper end of the post 66, and is operated by the depending rod 96 which is adapted to be forced upwardly by the stud 97 carried on the top of the arm 82. As the arm 82 is caused to be forced upwardly against the lower end of the post 66 the stud 97 engages with the lower end of the depending rod 96' forcing the latch .94 into a horizontal position (as shown in Fig. 10) against the pressure of the spring 98. WVith the continued upward movement of the post 66 the latch rides in this position against the inner wall of the pint-1e 53 until it emerges from the top of the bore 65 where it snaps into engagement with the top of the mold in the manner shown in Fig. 11. \Vith the mold at the pressing station B the upward movement of the arm 83 causes the neck plunger 68 to be forced .upwardly into the neck cavity of the mold against the pressure of the cushion presser plate 69 which movement is simultaneous with the downward movement of the pressing plunger 16. This downward stroke of the plunthe post 66 at the pressing station B serves to release the spring latch 94 from its engagement with the top of the mold causing it to snap back into the position shown in Fig. 13, by the gravity of the rod 96. As

caused to be rotated within the mold. The

purpose of this rotation is to impart a finishor polish to the mouth of the article and to prevent the molten glass from adhering to the neck-plunger as the said plunger is caused to be withdrawn. This rotatory movementof the neck plunger is accomplished by means of the segmental rack99 which is adapted to engage with and rotate the pinion 72 carried by the stem of the neck plunger 68. This rack 99 is carried by the pivoted arm 100 which is operatively connected by means of the crank 101 to the sliding link 102- which is journaled at 103 to the swinging arm 104, and is provided with a cam roller 105 which enters the cam slot 106 provided with the off-set 107 which olfset is adapted to impart to the link 102, by means of the said fixed roller 105, a reciproeating movement which in turn causes the arm 100, through the medium of the crank 101, to move back and forth in the manner shown in Fig. 4, causing the segmental rack 99 to sweep across the pinion,7 2.

As the molds reach the discharging station D they are automatically opeiititl by means of the crank arm 108 which is secured to the top of the vertical shaft 109 mounted in t e bearing 110 at the base of the machine.

his shaft 109 is rocked or oscillated by means of the lower crank 111 which is operatively connected to the reciprocating slide 7 9 by the double arm lever 112 fulcrumed at 113. Extending upwardly from the crank arm 108 is the vertical finger 114, its purpose being to engage with the laterally projecting locking bolt handle 55 and to shift it to unlocking position against the stop 115- swinging open the mold section 52 as the crank arm 108 is caused to be shifted from the dotted to the full line position shown in Fig. 1. Carried'by the lower hinge lug of/ the mold section 52 is the spring pin116 which is adapted to travel in the recess 117 formed concentric with the hinged pintle 53 in the laterally projecting face 118 of the mold bottom '64. When the mold section 52 is being swung outwardly in the manner above described and the spring pin 116 has reached the limitof itstravel within the re cess 117 the mold bottom 64 will be caused to beshifted horizontally to a position ap proximately midway between the two mold sections 51 and 52. The purpose of this tween the mold section as shown in Fig. 7

where it may be readily removed. The mold, by the means hereinbefore described, is caused to be inverted when assing from the discharging station B to t e gathering 1 station A.. lVhen the said mold in its travel has reached a osition midway between the said stations it 1s caused to assume a horizontal position, the section 52 which has taken the uppermost position closing downwardly by gravity agamst the section'51 to which v -m it is locked by means of the bolt handle 55 sweeping across the inclined face 119 (see Fig. 2) as it passes to the gathering station A. 1

From the foregoing description, the op eration of the various parts of'the machine will be readily understood. As hereinbefore stated the molds are preferably four in number and 'are journaled to the arms of the mold support 6 intermittently rotatable in a vertical plane. Each movement of the support serves to shift the molds one-fourth of a revolution bringin them successively from the gathering station to the pressing,

blowing, and discharging stations. As the mold passes into position at station A the head 67 is caused to be swung into positionunderneath the mold by means of the segmental arm 74 engaging with the segment 71., As soon ,as the head has been shifted into position the upward movement of the arm 82 serves to force the presser plate 69 and neck plunger 68 upwardly into the position shown in Fig. 1 and by the dotted lines in Fig. 9. The glass is then gathered on the pontil rod and carried over to the machine where it is dropped into the mold cavity which has previously been uncovered shifted horizontally to one side in themanner already described. After the glass has been dropped into the mold, a one-fourth revolution of the mold support 6 causes the mold to be elevated from stat-ion A to sta- 0 tion B. With the mold in position at station B the neck of thearticle is pressed by a downward stroke of the pressing plun er 16 simultaneously with an upward stro e of the neck plunger 68. At the completion of the pressing operation the upward movement of the'head 20 causes the plunger 16 to be withdrawn from the mold at the same time the lateral shifting of the arm 83 from beneath the head 67 causes the said head 67, carrying the'neck plunger 68 to be forced downward by reason of the coil spring 70 to the position shownin Fig. 9 and in which position, it is caused to-be shifted to one side by means of the segmental arm engaging with the segment 71. The shifting by reason of the-bottom 64. having been of the head 67 from I beneath the mold causes the swinging of the mold bottom 64 into operativeposition with relation to the operates to right the mold, bringing the pressed neck or top portion of the article tobe blown into position immediately under the blow-head 18 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

' With the mold in the above mentioned position. the blow head 18 is thrown into operative connection with the mold by means of the downward movement of the slotted link 21 carried by the head 20. When the article has been finished by the blowing operation, a further one-fourth rotation 'of the mold support 6 causes the mold to be lowered from the station C to the station D,

where the mold is opened by the swinging crank arm 108 and the article removed. A further movement of the support 6 causes the mold to be automatically closed and looked as it passes to station A. The mechanism for bringing about the roper consectivity of operation of the di erent parts of the apparatus has been described. The discharge of the finished article at station D is simultaneously with the charging of the.

mold at station A, the pressing of a portion .of another article in another mold at station B and the finishingor blowing of another article in a mold at station C.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes may be made in the construction of the different mechanisms without departing from the spirit of our invention. I Our improved glass machine will be found particularly advantageous in that it permits of a greater number of machines being employed around the glass furnace than is possible with the ordinary horizontal type of machine. Other advantages of our invention will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art, such as, for instance, the simplicity of the different mechanisms and lightness of construction.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent isg g 1. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, charging, pressing, blowing, and

discharging stations, a mold support rotata- V ble 1n a vertical plane, a plurality of molds carried thereby, means for bringing the said molds from the charging station successively to the pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, and means for maintainceases ing the molds ina vertical position in their by, means for imparting an intermittent rotatory movement to the mold support for bringing the mold from the charging station successivelyi. to the pressing, blowing, and

discharginggstations, and means for maintaining the mold in a vertical position in its passage from the charging station to the pressing station and from the blowing station to the discharging station.

3. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, charging, pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, a mold support inter- Inittent-ly rotatable in a vertical plane, a mold carried thereby, means for bringing the said mold into operative relation with the charging, pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, means for maintaining the mold in a vertical positionin its passage from the charging station to the pressing station and from the blowing station to the discharging station, means for opening the mold at the discharging station, and means for-closing the mold in its passage from the discharging station-to the charging station.

4. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, pressing mechanism, blowing mechanism, an intermittently rotatable mold' support, a mold carried thereby, a horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried byt-the mold, means for shifting the said 7 neck plunger into operative position with relation to the mold preparatory to the pressing operation, and means for shifting the said neck plunger horizontally to one side of the mold preparatory to the blowing operation.

5. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, a charging station, a pressing station, a blowing station, an intermittently rotatable mold support, a mold carried thereby, a horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried by the said mold, means for shifting the said neck plunger into operative position with relation to the mold at the charging station preparatory to the pressing operation at the pressing station, and means for swinging the neck plunger horizontally to one side of the mold at the completion of the pressing operation pre-- paratory to the blowing operation at the blowing station.

6. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, pressing mechanism, blowing mechanism, a mold support intermittently rotatable in a vertical plane, a mold carried thereby, a horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried by the mold, means for Shifting 'mechanism,

the said neck plunger into operative position with relation to the mold preparatory to the pressing operation, and means for shifting the said neck plunger horizontally to one side of the mold preparatory-to the blowing operation.

7. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, a charging station, a pressing station, a blowing station, a mold support rotatable in a vertical plane, a mold carried thereby, a'horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried by the said mold, means for shiftingthe said neck plunger into operative position with relation to the mold at the charging station preparatory to the pressing operation at the pressing station, and means for swinging the neck plunger horizontally to one side of the mold at the completion of the pressing operation preparatory to the blowing operation.

8. In a machine for forming'articles of glassware, charging, pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, an intermittently r0- tatable mold support, a mold carried thereby, means for bringing the said mold from the charging station successively to the pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, a horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried by the said mold, means for shiftingthe said neck plunger into operative position with relation to the mold at the charging station preparatory to the pressing operation at the pressing station, and means for maintaining the said neck plunger in oper ative position with relation to the mold as the said mold is caused to be shifted from the charging station to the pressing station.

9. In a machine for forming articles of glassware by the combined operation of pressing and blowing, an intermittently rotatable mold support rotatable in a vertical plane, a mold carried thereby, a horizontally shift-able bottom carried by the said mold,

and means for shifting the said bottom into operative position with relation to the mold preparatory to the blowing operation.

.10. In a machine for forming articles of glassware, pressing mechanism, blowing an intermittently rotatable mold support, a mold carried thereby, a horizontally shiftable neck plunger carried by the said mold, a horizontally shiftable bottom carried by the said mold, and operatively connected to the said neck plunger, means for shifting the said neck plunger into and the mold bottom out of operative position with relation to the mold preparatory to the pressing operation, and means for shifting the neck plunger out of and the mold bottom into operative position with relation to the mold at the completion of the pressing operation preparatory to the blowing operation.

1].. In amachine for forming articles of glassware, charging, pressing, blowing, anddischarging stations, a mold support capable of being intermittently rotated in a vertical plane, a series of molds carried thereby, means for bringing the said molds from the charging station successively to the pressing, blowing, and discharging stations, means for opening the molds as they reach the discharging station, and means for freeing the article from the cavity of the mold as the mold is opened at the discharging station.

12. In a machine for forming articles of I glassware, charging, pressing, blowing and discharging stations, an intermittently rotatable mold support a mold carried thereby, a horizontall the said mold: means for bringing-the said shi table bottom carried by Copies of this patent may be obtained for flve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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